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obama's first ever twitter town hall meeting and the president calls on congress to do something big about the nation's crushing debt. this as he is taking a new personal stake in the ongoing partisan battle. >>> in just a couple of weeks, the u.s. will receive its debt limit. >> tom fitzgerald reports both sides still have major hurdles to overcome. >> reporter: in a surprise appearance tuesday afternoon at the white house, president obama said he would personally take over the negotiations on raising the debt ceiling as time begins to run out. >> we need to come together over the next two weeks to reach a deal that reduces the deficit and upholds the full faith and credit of the united states government. >> reporter: the u.s. reached its $14.3 trillion debt limit in may. the white house warns congress has it raise that ceiling by july # 2nd or the u.s. could default on its loans on august 2nd. republicans say the rush isn't necessary. >> nobody is going to have time to read it or consider the implications of it and he is going to say you have to pass it or the econo
obama's first ever twitter town hall meeting and the president calls on congress to do something big about the nation's crushing debt. this as he is taking a new personal stake in the ongoing partisan battle. >>> in just a couple of weeks, the u.s. will receive its debt limit. >> tom fitzgerald reports both sides still have major hurdles to overcome. >> reporter: in a surprise appearance tuesday afternoon at the white house, president obama said he would...
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i guess the big deal would be in the wide receiver position. >> great that you have santana moss. maybe they made some calls to santonio holmes and made calls to sydney rice and realized they weren't interested and retained santana moss or maybe they are going after the big names and will put him at number two. >> if they miss on holmes and rice. , young is 27. we are pursuing jenkins from the packers. the mcnabb trade should happen today. >> the deal with moss i think was it was just a fiscally sort of responsible deal. i think only five or six million of it is guaranteed, three-year deal, $15 million deal. for the kind of production this guy has given the redskins, i think it was a solid deal. >> imhe with you. nice to get that $5 million signing bonus. let's talk about the mcnabb trade. apparently everything is in place as long as he agrees to it. being traded for a sixth round pick and taking a by curkt kind of what we expected. then again, if you could get them to take a by cut and stay, you still have some veteran leadership in the back-up role. >> the relationship was too f
i guess the big deal would be in the wide receiver position. >> great that you have santana moss. maybe they made some calls to santonio holmes and made calls to sydney rice and realized they weren't interested and retained santana moss or maybe they are going after the big names and will put him at number two. >> if they miss on holmes and rice. , young is 27. we are pursuing jenkins from the packers. the mcnabb trade should happen today. >> the deal with moss i think was it...
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the american people sent us here to make big tough choices. they didn't send us to set up a commission, give the president veto powers. that's not what they sent us here to do. >> it faces a tougher fight in the republican house. >>> after spending nearly 3 years behind bars casey anthony walked out of jail a free woman early sunday, nearly two weeks ago she was found not guilty of first degree murder in the death of her two-year-old daughter caylee anthony. only three members of the media were allowed inside the jail when she was released. former journalist tony zabato was one of them. the. >> if you look at the video it's a close-up shot, she is slowing down, she is in tears. you don't see the steers but her eyes are glassy, watery. >> security was on high alert as angry protestors gathered outside the facility. it was not clear where anthony is this morning or what she will do next. if you would like to weigh in on casey anthony's release head over to our facebook or twitter page and we'll share of your comments later this morning. we have
the american people sent us here to make big tough choices. they didn't send us to set up a commission, give the president veto powers. that's not what they sent us here to do. >> it faces a tougher fight in the republican house. >>> after spending nearly 3 years behind bars casey anthony walked out of jail a free woman early sunday, nearly two weeks ago she was found not guilty of first degree murder in the death of her two-year-old daughter caylee anthony. only three members of...
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that was the big of the fear in jumping. >> reporter: people texting don't fall on to the tracks every day. but metro sees people trip and fall while texting on escalators or just walking. and those are the opportunities for accidents to happen. >> reporter: the accident happened july 3rd, a sunday. trains run every 12 minutes instead ofef six. fortunate timing because minutes after the rescue, a train arrived. >> and that shock me up a little bit. i had tears in my eyes. >> reporter: he doesn't remember the woman's name and never saw if show had her phone. in bethesda, sherri ly, fox few news. >> medics treated the woman at the station to make her feel better. the rescuer made up a story telling her he once fell down stairs while texting. >> a fire at the local hospital this morning and that is next. we'll check in with tucker and julie coming up. it's 5:31. >> welcome back, it's 5:33 on this friday morning. the date, july 15th and the sky was pretty this morning and what looked like a full moon this morning. thanks for being with us. steve cheveney and tony perk
that was the big of the fear in jumping. >> reporter: people texting don't fall on to the tracks every day. but metro sees people trip and fall while texting on escalators or just walking. and those are the opportunities for accidents to happen. >> reporter: the accident happened july 3rd, a sunday. trains run every 12 minutes instead ofef six. fortunate timing because minutes after the rescue, a train arrived. >> and that shock me up a little bit. i had tears in my eyes....
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it got a big makeover. the implosion coming two years after the bridge was closed due to safety concerns. so now crews are going to start working on a new $2 million project to replace it. the bridge was build over 100 years ago. >>> some california parents got busted for forcing their 14- year-old son to take them on a beer run. police say the parents wanted more alcohol but also wanted to avoid a dui because they were too drunk to drive. the unlicensed boy ended up getting stopped at a dui check point. officers did not arrest the parents. instead they only got a ticket. police did not think the boy was in danger. >> interesting. >>> speaking of kids, no kids allowed here. that will soon be the rule at one pennsylvania eatery. the owner of mcdane's restaurant and golf center banning youngsters under the age of 6 because he says they will make too much noise. he said there's nothing wrong with babies and told letters but you can't -- toddlers but you can't control their volume and he says they disturb the o
it got a big makeover. the implosion coming two years after the bridge was closed due to safety concerns. so now crews are going to start working on a new $2 million project to replace it. the bridge was build over 100 years ago. >>> some california parents got busted for forcing their 14- year-old son to take them on a beer run. police say the parents wanted more alcohol but also wanted to avoid a dui because they were too drunk to drive. the unlicensed boy ended up getting stopped at...
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big story is the heat outside. let's check back in with sherry. did you jump in the fountain yet? >> if 100 degrees wasn't hot enough yesterday, we are looking at temperatures even hotter and that is when you want to dip your toes in a fountain just like this one out here because we are looking at those really, really hot temperatures today and we'll tell you just how people are dealing with that coming up. >>> welcome back to fox 5 morning news. that is i see out there? >> that is haze. looks like a purple haze. >> jimi hendrix. >> yeah. >> i know a little something. >> a hot song for jimi hendrix. >> fire. >> that is another jimi hendrix song. >> we should come up with that all morning long, hot songs. >> we are going through them like crazy. >> i know this is sports news this morning. i saw dave ross just walked in. are we going to get a live edition of off the call. >> we can only tape that because that is out of control. it has to be taped. >> i'm sure that is a heavily edited show. >> you want to talk about o
big story is the heat outside. let's check back in with sherry. did you jump in the fountain yet? >> if 100 degrees wasn't hot enough yesterday, we are looking at temperatures even hotter and that is when you want to dip your toes in a fountain just like this one out here because we are looking at those really, really hot temperatures today and we'll tell you just how people are dealing with that coming up. >>> welcome back to fox 5 morning news. that is i see out there? >>...